What gets me out of the house at 9:30 PM?

I must be a changed woman.  I rarely ever go out at night and NEVER by myself.  At least not in the last few years anyway.  I was actually headed out much earlier, but then someone came with an emergency to the offfice.  What would be so important to get me out at that time of night?  The threat of an expired Rewards coupon from Walgreens and another from Albertsons.  Now, just let me tell you, this is not a nice town to be out in by yourself after dark.  Just this week someone was shot and killed behind TOPS grocery store, which is right next to Walgreens.  But you know... a buck is a buck!  And this was worth 6 bucks!  LOL  okay, I'm a little over the edge, but what can I say?  I bought a few sale items, ended up saving $26.39 on two purchases totalling $21.31, and got an additional $6.25 for my next purchases. What did I get for my money?  Here it is:

5 cans of White solid albacore Tuna
Crest Toothpaste,
Toothbrush
Dove Shampoo
Gallon on Milk
Golden Graham Cereal
2 half gallons Tropicana Orange Juice
Half gallon Breyers Ice Cream
2 Pounds Seedless Grapes

 Now if Walgreens would just start selling stamps, it would be heaven!

More savings

This was a SWEET DEAL!  Albertson's has Post cereals on sale for $1.59, I had a $2 off of one box, and I got a $4 coupon for next purchase.  Average price per box .39.  Jose Ole's chimichanga's on sale for $1 each, bought 10 got the Big Chill Promo for $10 off next purchase, final cost a big ZERO!  It's these kind of deals that make all the work of saving coupons etc. WELL WORTH the time.

Coupon Savings

I am really loving this couponing!  I started yesterday at Target and spent $15.24, saved $41.36 in store and manufactured coupons, plus all the items I bought were on sale.  I received $10.00 back in Target gift cards.  Today went back to Target with more coupons, manufactured and store.  Didn't have quite as many coupons this time, and it was $16.63, used my $10 in gift cards from yesterday so it was $6.63 out of pocket.  Then I got two more $5 gift cards.  Then to Albertson's where I bought sale items and used manufacture coupons and store doublers coupons and spent $6.00.  Then to a different Albertson's and ended up spending $1.76 for 4 cans of soup, a package of Keebler cookies and a box of Keebler crackers.  Total out of pocket for all trips was $29.63, minus the $10 in gift cards, and a savings of $85.74.  Now all I have to do is put it away!  Won't be needing any cereal or soup for a long time now.

Another really cool thing about this is that it makes me so much more aware of what I am buying, and I found out that I can actually go to the store and get only the items on my list.  Our spending had really gotten out of control.

Here's what it all boils down to: 

8 Boxes of Kellogg's cereal

8 boxes of Nutrigrain bars

2 Nutri Air starter kits (free after coupons)

16 cans of Campbell's soups

1 Package Keebler crackers

1 Package Keebler cookies